[Fuzzy]

Right, I have searched and cannot find it sure I started a thread ages ago ?, well this project is on my to-do list tomorrow. So how do I back up all my folders in Windows mail?

Thanks guys

[Indizine]

You did indeed ask about this before, cant remember where or when and I dont fancy trawling your posts to look for it

[nass]

here: How can I back up my mail ?

btw one trick I used to use is do an outlook rule to bcc all incoming spamfiltered mail to your gmail account. So if the computer went *poof* the world didn't quite go to hell

[freelancer]

Originally Posted by nass

here: How can I back up my mail ?

btw one trick I used to use is do an outlook rule to bcc all incoming spamfiltered mail to your gmail account. So if the computer went *poof* the world didn't quite go to hell

agreed, I've set up an imap email with gmail to do this. Its awesome, and has saved my bacon a bit

[freelancer]

BTW fuzzy, I just did this, its very easy and quick (depending on amount of emails. I have 3000 (quality non-spam), amassed in about 2 or 3 months)

It would be a good idea to do a remote back-up of this too. I'm going to upload it to a secret place on the web (which is protected against entry), and a usb drive and a cd I might even send a CD to a friend so I have an external back-up too.

You can never be too sure

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by nass

here: How can I back up my mail ?

btw one trick I used to use is do an outlook rule to bcc all incoming spamfiltered mail to your gmail account. So if the computer went *poof* the world didn't quite go to hell

Originally Posted by freelancer

agreed, I've set up an imap email with gmail to do this. Its awesome, and has saved my bacon a bit

this sounds a bit complicated gmail imap ?

[rgbartlett]

If you want to backup Windows Mail in Vista you can use the built-in Windows Backup, otherwise if you use another program to backup the directory C:\Users\{yourusername}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Wi ndows Mail to another location that should allow you to restore your email in the event of a disaster. An external drive (e.g. the Seagate FreeAgent 250GB USB2.0 External Hard Drive which would be £37.99 from ebuyer.com) could be your backup destination. Alternatively you could use a CD (if it's less than 750MB), a DVD (if you have a DVD writing drive), or even backup to a another directory on the disk and then upload it to some free storage space. I've not looked into it in detail but http://www.123-reg.co.uk/online-storage-drive/ might be worth a look.

If you want more specific help, let me know which edition of Vista you are running, what model or PC/laptop you are using and I'll come up with something a bit more precise

[nass]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

this sounds a bit complicated gmail imap ?

Instructions here - sounds tricky, but it's not

[Fuzzy]

Guys I have an external HD compliments of Simon, so how do I get my mail folders onto that - seems the better option?

[rgbartlett]

1. Make sure the external HD is plugged in
2. In Vista (not sure if this works on all versions) go to Control Panel > Backup and Restore Center
3. Select 'Back up files' and confirm the security prompt
4. Select the external drive from the top drop down box which should have your CD/DVD drive in
5. Select 'Email' only
6. Select an appropriate schedule (weekly is normally enough)
7. Click Save settings and start backup

This should backup all active email profile files to the external drive. See my previous posts for where the files should be. You should also look at backing up all your documents (Word, Excel, PDF's etc.) and any other important files (photos, graphics files) on the same schedule. Then if it all goes wrong you just reinstall from the CD (once the original issue is fixed!) and restore your files including email.